Rusty's not very quiet cuda progress

[onehellofadart]

Glad you guys got her in! Sorry I couldn't be there.

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

Ok so this time maybe I invited the murph :doh: anyway, dragged out an old trunk seal to make the flange for the rubber seal, all I had left was half of one(off two floor sections, never found the one off the 73) anyway, trace it out, cut it up, bend it,paint it & go out & get the tank ready, sender & grommet go in without any incidents slide my flange & the floor seal over the filler tube & put the tank in, screw down the neck & go to fasten the floor seal & there's a gop at the top, ok maybe I have it front to back, well I turn it around in there(no easy task) & realize this rubber is pretty stiff, take a close look & there seems to be metal reinforecment under the rubber:huh: , anyway i'll be damned if I'm gonna take everything apart again & waste my home made flange, so in it goes!:shifty:

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

The Tank be in!:giggedy:

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

& the tortion bars were also on the list for today, one fought me, the other slid right in, new booties & clips put to good use! Rich.

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

Threw out at least 4 (empty :toot: ) boxes, rebagged & remarked everything in the garage, eng to trans bolts never did turn up, but my mechanic hooked me up so thats done, my attempt the steering couple kit next! then she'll be ready to roll(well if I push real hard.............on the bumper :shifty: )
A tad cleaner on this side!

 

[restoman]

try to avoid the "HUNTS" for missing stuff in the future:doh:

Rusty, trust me, THAT will NEVER happen! I've been at this gig for a long time, and believe me when I say the hunt for missing stuff is part and parcel of any car related stuff.

 

[dodgechargerfan]

:shifty: My house looks more like a Charger than my Charger does.

I wish I had read this about 5 years ago:

"I did alot of planning before I started my restoration. Because it's my first, I wanted to do it right.

First.....do not underestimate how much space a disassembled car takes up. I equipped my garage with tons of storage space.....not even close. Had to build huge shelving units in our basement....honestly looks like the back of a parts store. Can't say the Wife was pleased.

Every cabinet, shelf and storage area was given a code....that code is key to finding the part again. If you asked me where such n such part was I'd have no idea, until I opened up my laptop with my project plan on there and it tells me exactly where every piece is.

Digital camera is a must....one that takes video is a bonus.

As I took off each part that part was assigned a Task Number....for each "Task" I tracked if it was off the car, where it was stored, what needed to be done, what parts are needed, are they ordered, were they received and general notes on the task at hand. I take literally thousands of pictures. And I file them by the same task number. Thus if I'm looking at Task 245 and I want to look at the pictures I look under Task 245 in my pictures directory. KEEP BACKUPS!!!!

I took the approach of working each Task to completion before moving on...meaning I take something off, restore it or replace it before moving on. Eventually you get more comfortable and you end up multi-tasking.

Take it one step at a time. Most resto attempts fail, in my opinion, because they are so disorganized that it becomes a nightmare and they lose interest. "

I cut that from a post by Dodge Don over on dodgecharger.com
That's another Canadian guy doing a Charger resto - a 1970.


Way to plug away at it Rusty. I bet it feels good tossing those empty boxes.

 

[beeper*71]

Looking fantastic Rusty! :clap:

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

Got the heater benzel touched up & painted the speaker cover, plain ople flat black, looks ....... o......k..........?

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

Got the dash back together AGAIN, got some armour all on that flat black while cleaning the plastic trim pieces, almost matches the dash
As for the mess left hanging out the back, [smilie=2: a job for a later date!

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

Anyone know if this is the correct spot for the heater brace?

 

[greg340 "GREGGLES"]

Nice radio ya got there.....:toot:

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

Recognize the one knob custom operation do ya!:shifty:
I did get a set, i think there in the basement, anyway any chance of me getting a pic of my engine compartment with an un burned connector on the eng harness??????[smilie=f:

 

[greg340 "GREGGLES"]

i'll look for that harness tomorrow nite.....I promise :doh:

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

short time for the car today, but I got a bit done, steering column is in!

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

Acorse I beat the piss outta the new coupler seal, nothin ever goes 10 percent but it's in ,guess I'll deal with that later!

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

so by the time I chased all the nuts & bolts, all else I could put on was the e-brake pedal assembly. now I'm in a panic, can't turn the friggen wheels, :wtf: was about to get the pry bar & sledge hammer out [smilie=i: instead the brain freeze thawed & I went in the house & got the keys to unlock the friggen column!!!!!!!!!!

anyone know what these two studs on the top of the brace are for, looks like a nasty place to try & get to later? :huh: Rich.

 

[Fishy]

Not too far from Nodda as far as sitting in the car making all the vroom vroom noises!! :bravo: Keep it up man!! Looks good!!

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

Got the last piece needed to complete the heater box, along with some new splash shields, LL baseball championship game rained out, so the hours were spent rebuilding the box!

 

[RUSTY Cuda]

hope I gopt this in right:huh: